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Application filed January 3, 1923 Serial No. 610,408.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM RorinBA'oH, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Glendale, in the county of Queens and State of llew York, have iiivented'certain new and useful Im rovements in Bird Nests, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bird nests and particularly to devices of this class designed to be mounted in connection with bird cages a-iidthe like and to be used in the breeding of birds of various kinds and particularly canai'ies; and the object of the invention is to provide a nest of the class and for the purpose specified which is simple in construction and efiicient in use and which may be readily attached and detached from a suitable support; a further object being to provide improved means for ventilating nests of the class specified, whereby the hatching of eggs is more elliciently accomplishcd; and with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in a device of the class and for the purpose specified, which is simple in construction, ellicicnt in use, and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accoii'ipanying drawing forms a part in which the separate parts of my iii'iprovenient are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which z- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a part of a bird cage showing my improved nest mounted in connection therewith; and,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the nest shown in Fig. 1, detached.

In Fig. 1 I have shown for the purpose of 'llustrating the use of my invention a part of a bird cage 5, the body of which is composed of wire strands 6 arranged vertically and horizontally and mounted in the cage is a t ansverse rod 7 composed '1? wood or other material and which forms a perching rod for the bird within the cage and at 8 is shown one of my improved bird nests.

My improved bird nest in the construction shown comprises a substantially rec tangular frame or platform 9 having a con tral circular aperture 10 and to one side edge of the frame 9 is secured a metallic strip ll, one part 12 of which rests upon the top face of the platform or frame 9 and is secured thereto, and said strip'is bent upwardly and downwardly to form an attaching flange 13 centrally of which is movably mounted an attaching member 14, which when in the position shown in l ig. 2 isadapted to be passed between two of the vertical wires of a cage and then turned at right angles to engage two of such wires to retain the placement in trated in Fig. l.

nest against disthe cage in I also employ a nest forming member 15 which is composed of fibrous material pref erably from felt and is fashioned to form a semi-circular body 16 having a flange 17 which rests upon the top face of the frame or platform 9 and is secured thereto by tacks or the like 18, and the SGIDl-CIIOlllEH body extends downwardly through the aperture 10 in the frame or platform 9 as the nest.

It has been found in practice that with nests of the class under consideration which have been closed at the bottom and having no means for ventilation, that the hatching of eggs has been materially affected and has also resulted properties of at times in causing sickness to the bird due to the fact that the heating the nest would cause the bird to perspire while setting upon the eggs. It is also a well known fact that the eggs to be hatched require a certain amount of ventilation and t the provision of the apertures 19 at the bottom of the nest formed by the fibrous body will provide the required ventilation and will also prevent the bird from perspiring or becomingoverheated, and this is one of the vent-ion.

distinctive features of my in- My improved nest by reason of the siniplicity of its construction may also be produced to sell at a reasonable price and it will be understood that while I have shown and described certain details of construction that I am not necessarily limited to the speciiic construction herein shown and described, and modifications the scope of various changes therein and thereof may be made within the appended claims without the manner illus departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

It will be understood that the platform or frame 9 is preferably composed of nonmetallic material, such for example as wood, fibre or the like, the object being to make the entire device as light as possible and also to provide a desirable platform on which the bird may perch if desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A nest of the class described comprising a rectangular frame of non-metallic material and provided with a central circular aperture, a cup-shaped body of fibrous material mounted in connection with said frame and extending downwardly into the aperture thereof and forming the nest proper and a metallic strip mounted in connection with the frame and an attaching device movably mounted in connection with said strip.

2. A nest of the class described comprising a rectangular frame of non-metallic ma terial and provided with a central circular aperture, a cup-shaped body of fibrous material mounted in connection with said frame and extending downwardly into the aperture thereof and forming the nest proper and a metallic strip mounted in connection with the frame, an attaching device movably mounted in connection with said strip, said strip being fashioned to form a part which rests on and is secured to the frame, and a part which extends upwardly at an angle to the plane of said frame.

3. A nest of the class described comprising a frame having a substantially circular aperture, a fibrous body mounted in connectioniwith said frame and extending into said aperture and fashioned to substantially cupshaped formation to form the nest proper, the periphery of said body being secured to. said frame, said fibrous body or the cupshaped portion thereof being provided centrally with a plurality of small apertures located centi lly of the bottom thereof to provide ventilation to the nest, a metal reinforcing strip mounted in connection with one side of the frame, means on said strip for securing said nest in conxection with a suitable support, said strip being fashioned to form a fian e which extends an angle to the plane or said frame, and said securing means being rotatably mounted in connection with said strip. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name this 30th day of Dec, 1922.

vVlLLl' AM ROHRJBACH. 

